TOP TEN TUESDAY || Ten Books I Loved Less/More Than I Thought I Would

Tuesday, 21 February 2017

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. If you haven't heard of this meme each week there is a new topic chosen and you provide 10 items for that topic. This week the topic is '10 books I loved less/more than I thought I would'.

Okay, I love lists. I mean I LOVE them. Who doesn't? But I've never done a Top Ten Tuesday feature on my blog before, purely because I never feel like I have 10 books for the list. Last year I read so little (about 4 books all year) so I'm super behind with books. I think I might be able to make it for this one though, so let's give it a shot.

I got sent to all the boys I've loved before by a book company I think. I was never quite sure why because this was before I reviewed books...Anyway, I honestly didn't expect much from this book. I thought it was going to be fluffy and boring. And even though it was fluffy it was also AMAZING.

I flew through this book in no time at all and ended up giving it 5 stars. I can't believe I still haven't picked the sequel up yet, but I think I need to re-read this one first.

This is one of the most underrated books I've ever read. I honestly hadn't heard anyone talk about it and just happened to stumble across it. I read this in 2015! Although I've kind of forgotten the whole plot I still remember it being amazing and it left an impression on me.

It's a psychological thriller, that follows a girl who was kidnapped and then turns up with no memory of what happened to her. I was utterly gripped through the whole book and if you're into thrillers and mental illness reads I'd highly recommend this one!

Okay so this is a throwback. I read this book 2 years ago. I'm pretty sure I heard about it on booktube...but I'd heard it was angsty and cliche. Not great things. I decided to read it anyway because the premise sounded great.

It turns out that it was angsty and cliche but apparently I loved it regardless because I marathoned the whole series. I remember being in love with this book. Even though I hate the covers :'(! I just found out that another book has been released as well where the story is told from the male main characters point of view so I'm really excited to pick it up and I hope I like it as much as I remember!

Once again here is another throwback (I told you I haven't read anything in like the past year). Anyway, back in the day this was the shit. EVERYONE was talking about it on booktube, but after a while I started to hear really mixed reviews about it.

I read it anyway and turns out I loved it. I wasn't really expecting to because I've never been a massive lover of contemporary's. But something about it drew me in and I remember reading this so quickly, I was actually disappointed when I ended...

I'd heard so many amazing things about this book before I picked it up. I'd heard it was fantastically written, and that there was a plot twist that was incredible. I'm a sucker for plot twists so I picked it up without even thinking about it.

Once I started to read it however, it just fell flat...the plot twist was fine but I wasn't overly impressed and I think the hype killed it for me. It was an ok read. I just was left feeling like I'd missed something because everyone else loved it!

This one could be my fault to be honest. I'm not really into poetry but when I saw everyone raving about this I thought I'd give it a go, It just didn't live up to my expectations though. I don't know if it's because I'm not a poetry fan, but I just felt as though I was reading the same thing over and over again.

I seem to be the only person who doesn't like this though so maybe someone more into poetry would really enjoy this? I don't know...

I feel very much like a black sheep here. I know a lot of people love this book and this series so much, but I just didn't. I can't quite put my finger on what it was but something was off. I enjoyed the political side of this book but I felt like the romance was unnecessary. I didn't really like them together and I didn't like that he was her slave...I don't know, it just felt very wrong to me.

Part of me wants to continue on with the series to see if they improve but it's not a priority at the moment.

I read this book for the bookentine readathon. I've heard really amazing things about Kasie Wests book but this one just left me feeling disappointed. I was expecting a cute romance and a few twists and turns. Which I guess is what I got, but it was just boring. I didn't connect with the characters at all, the love interest was almost too perfect to be interesting at all. Not to mention there was tons of girl hate in this book, it was just so bitchy and horrible.

I'm still interested in reading other books by Kasie West but this one was just a no from me. It was fine, I mean I finished it and read it fairly quickly. But it was dull.

Okay so i've been trying to find another book that disappointed me but I just can't so you'll have to deal with 9 (close enough right?). Some of these books are not new by any means so please excuse that. I told you I struggle with TTT!

Have you read any of these books? Did you like them or did they disappoint you? Let me know in the comments!

ahh, i 100% agree with the winner's curse. i nearly dnf'ed it, it was so boring. i found it was too political and nothing interesting was happening (aside from all those pointless tea parties .....). plus, the romance didn't feel real.

I really want to read Pretty Girl 13, so I'm glad to hear you loved it. And I agree with We Were Liars. I expected so much from that after the hype and when I was done I was pretty much like "that's it?". Not impressed. And I did enjoy The Winner's Curse but didn't love it like so many people either. I liked the second a little better but haven't read the third. And I LOVE Kasie West books but this one is my least favorite. My top picks would be the Pivot Point series and The Distance Between Us. I hope you'll still try those at some point!

Yay! I'm glad you want to read pretty girl 13, I feel like it's so underhyped. And yeah I think I just picked up the wrong Kasie West book to start on because I've heard amazing things, I'll have to try some more very soon!

I totally loved not only Holding Up The Universe and To All the Boys I've Loved Before, I loved We Were Liars too! It's actually kind of refreshing to see a different view. :) xIt won't let me comment as Emma, for some reason? So I'll have to do as Anonymous ��bookemma.wordpress.com

Yeah it's interesting isn't it? I always love that a book can have so many different opinions about it because it just shows that it's all down to personal preference. There's no one book that is going to work for everyone! Oh and that's strange about the commenting :(, sorry!

Love LEtters to the Dead actually looks really good and I'm glad you enjoyed it! Several of these I've seen around, I know Jenny Han is fairly popular and KAsie West also. Glad Han's was good. Hopefully your next Kasie West read will be better. :)

Pretty Girl 13 sounds like my kind of book!! I love the no memory trope-- but sadly I haven't heard much about it. It stinks that some of the best books get overlooked. Anyhow, I'm opposite from you on Love Letters to the Dead. I really didn't like that book even though I really thought I would. But To All the Boys was adorably cute and unputdownable for me!

You should definitely read it, it's one that's stuck with me. It is sad isn't it, I've read some awful books that are overhyped and it's just so disappointing! I think I enjoyed love letters to the dead because I ignored the hype to some extent, so my expectations weren't incredible. Yes I really loved to all the boys I loved before. I don't know why I haven't picked up the sequel yet!

I also didn't expect myself to actually love To All the Boys... 'cause it's too fluffy and I generally stay away from those kind of reads. Also, I'm excited for the third book! :DThe Winner's Curse series is something that I've read mixed reviews on. Many love it and some not much. Which made me back out from actually buying it. So I still haven't put it up for consideration again. Might never read though ('cause so many books, so little time).

Yeah, that's how I felt as well! I need to pick up the rest of the books but I think I'm going to re-read the first book first because I don't remember everything that happened. The winners curse was just okay for me. I wouldn't really recommend it...Exactly, too many amazing books to waste time of rubbish ones!

I really like To All the Boys I've Loved Before. I didn't read any of the others in the series because I was worried they would ruin it! lol! Sorry to hear that you didn't enjoy The Fill-In Boyfriend more. I just bought that one recently because everyone has been raving about Kasie West. lol! We'll see how it goes, I guess. lol

All your top five books are on my TBR. Now I CAN'T really wait to get to them! I was there too with Milk and Honey. I was like no way Jose. Nuh HUH!!! LOL but I do read lots of poetry. I guess poetry will always be a hit or miss kinda thing :)

Aw yay! I hope you like them, let me know what you think of them when you've read them! Yeah I didn't think the poems were bad or anything I just felt like I was reading the same thing over and over, it just wasn't for me.

I have read a few of these: The Winner's Curse, The Fill-In Boyfriend, Pretty Girl 13, We Were Liars and To All the Boys I've Loved Before. The only one I was disappointed with there was The Fill-In Boyfriend, definitely not one of West's best books. I loved the others though.

So I TOTALLY agree with a few of these. I didn't think I'd like To All the Boys as much as I did, because like you said, I thought "too much fluff!" but alas, I loved it! And I did not like We Were Liars either. I guessed "the thing" too early and then was just kind of bored. I didn't like Love Letters to the Dead though- and I thought I would! I just could not with Laurel, she drove me batty! Great list!

I know right, we were liars was just such a let down for me. I wanted to love it so much because everyone else did but nope...And honestly, I read love letters to the dead so long ago I can't remember everything that happened. I'm not sure if I'd like it still if I re-read it because I'm pretty sure my reading taste has changed since then!